first GRAND OPENING contest results
January 20, 2007
The entries are:
MiniTokyo thread on the voting process here
The(I hope)Long awaited results of Paint-o-Rama’s first group activity are
here!
little reminders on the specs:
Judging guidelines
Respect of theme and restrictions /5
Painting look/effort /5
Originality, Aesthetics, Balance /5
Prize:
A feature in the group page, a banner made out of your wall to advertise the
group, a forum sig saying you pwn and nekkid pictures of bromithia.
There will also be an award for the most votes wallpaper.
click
here for full contest rules and details
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FINAL RESULTS
supermonchi wins with the highest ranking, Tama-Neko being close behind with 0.3
points difference! Monchi also gets the most popular award with 6 votes!
Congrats for the great wall monchi!
scores:
Tama-Neko 11.2
MapleRose 10.18
Kuroimisa 10.85
Starrliteangel 10.9
supermonchi 11.5
PinkPrincessLacus 9.8
votes:
Tama-Neko 2
MapleRose 1
Kuroimisa 3
Starrliteangel 1
supermonchi 6
PinkPrincessLacus 1
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CANDY JUDGES
Hakkenden: Mountain’s Red
Leaves
By Tama-Neko
Respect of theme and restrictions 2.3
Painting look/effort 3.8
Originality, Aesthetics, Balance 4.3
total: 10.4
comments: Very striking wallpaper at first view, this is clearly a magnificent
choice of scan and good execution. The respect of theme isn’t so striking
though, and it’s a shame.
AESTHETIC MENTION
View from Above
By MapleRose
Respect of theme and restrictions 2.3
Painting look/effort 3.8
Originality, Aesthetics, Balance 3.5
total: 9.6
comments: The only person who went publicly asking for help and tips is Maple,
even if it was never said to be illegal in the contest rules. For that she
deserves a perseverance mention, as it was shown that walling is not a 15
minutes thing to be done with but a longer process of trial and error to achieve
the best possible result. :]
PERSEVERANCE MENTION
Float’n Flow
By kuroimisa
Respect of theme and restrictions 3.1
Painting look/effort 3.5
Originality, Aesthetics, Balance 3.6
total: 10.2
comments: I wonder why kuro always gets to get the originality mention in the
end. To me the color scheme was kinda unusual, and I can’t say I hated it. Great
job on having everything soft, but maybe that was as much the best as the
downfall point of the wall, depth is missing.
ORIGINALITY MENTION
.la morte.
By starrliteangel
Respect of theme and restrictions 4.5
Painting look/effort 3.7
Originality, Aesthetics, Balance 2.1
total: 10.3
comments: This is a perfect example of what I had in mind for the contest.
Lovely work on those bamboos, but sadly the wall misses depth and the lighting
isn’t that great.
RESPECT OF THEME & RESTRICTIONS MENTION
The Way of the
Samurai
By supermonchi
Respect of theme and restrictions 4.5
Painting look/effort 3.9
Originality, Aesthetics, Balance 4.1
total: 12.5
comments: Beautiful colors, great choice of scan and setting, and most of all
kudos for painting this elaborate forest from scratch. The surprising thing here
was the inconsistency in textures. The overall looks a bit too blurry and the
scan looks kinda messy. Too smudged or something?
HIGHEST RANKING MENTION LOL!
Garden Of An Era
By PinkPrincessLacus
Respect of theme and restrictions 4.5
Painting look/effort 2.1
Originality, Aesthetics, Balance 1.5
total: 8.1
comments: I can truly see your hard work paied off in this wall. Working with
different stocks is not always easy and you did a good job blending them
together! the big branch would be the element to most re-work on in the future,
as it looks very wishy-washy because of the smudge abuse. Work more on the form
and edge next time.
NOTICED EFFORT MENTION
final general comments on the judging:
Why such low marks? Because I have a hard time giving perfect points wherever.
For example I felt like starrlite’s wall was the one most respecting the theme’s
restrictions but I only gave her 4.5 She still got the mention. Because yeah,
art is so subjective and perfection does not exist, it’s not easy to put numbers
on. Right? That’s also why I decided to give everyone a special mention. After
all every entry was pretty good. You can always come to me and complain, I’ll
take it. But there are little chances I’ll change my mind on the points enough
to alter the final results.
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MICKYOKO JUDGES
Hakkenden: Mountain’s Red
Leaves
By Tama-Neko
Respect of theme and restrictions 5
Painting look/effort 3
Originality, Aesthetics, Balance 4
total: 12
By MapleRose
Respect of theme and restrictions 5
Painting look/effort 2.75
Originality, Aesthetics, Balance 3
total: 10.75
By kuroimisa
Respect of theme and restrictions 5
Painting look/effort 3
Originality, Aesthetics, Balance 3.5
total: 11.5
By starrliteangel
Respect of theme and restrictions 5
Painting look/effort 3.5
Originality, Aesthetics, Balance 3
total: 11.5
By supermonchi
Respect of theme and restrictions 5
Painting look/effort 3
Originality, Aesthetics, Balance 2.5
total: 10.5
By PinkPrincessLacus
Respect of theme and restrictions 4
Painting look/effort 4
Originality, Aesthetics, Balance 3.5
total: 11.5
I feel, I scored a bit high on everyone. Well, that’s it.
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As the supreme winner, monchi gets rewarded by having her wall do the promotion
for the group, receiving the Official
Paint-o-Rama Grand Opening Contest Supreme Winner tag she can show off on
her sig or userpage (if you want an image banner just ask 
) AND
I DID NOT FORGET the ultimate prize! I hope you don’t mind sharing with
everyone! 
Allright so this wraps it up! All we’re missing is Lacus’ tutorial and we are
ready for some new action! I hope you enjoyed painting, and will continue
participating/inviting people to our group activities!
I’m already thinking of a second contest idea, If you have any propositions it’s
now or never! just express yourself on PoR’s page. I will see you shortly with a
new bi-weekly update announcement with some (i hope) exciting news about our
close future as painters/paint lovers! Cheers.
MiniTokyo thread about the contest judging and voting results here
